girls:
8.5k births since 1963
#1763 (69th percentile)
boys:
2.2k births since 1959
#2700 (41st percentile)
overall:
10.7k births since 1959
#2558 (67th percentile)
The name Kalani is the #2,558 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,726 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 66.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,763 (69.2% percentile) for all time with 8,548 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #2,700 (41.1% percentile) for all time with 2,178 births since 1959.
Kalani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (1959 for boys and 1963 for girls). Birth data for Kalani is available in 62 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023 (60 years for boys and 55 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kalani has been given predominantly to girls, with 79.7% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 96.2% of babies named Kalani were girls. Interestingly, until around 1995, the name was more popular for boys (58.9% boys from 1959 to 1994), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (83.4% girls from 1995 to 2023).
For girls, Kalani reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 67.4% percentile (ranked #306) with 535 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 535 births per million (ranked 67.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1993, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kalani ranks #353 for girls (62.8% percentile) with 463 births per million, which is 86.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kalani reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 9.0% percentile (ranked #820) with 41 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 41 births per million (ranked 9.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Kalani ranks #884 for boys (3.0% percentile) with 17 births per million, which is 43.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kalani".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Kalani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.9% confident that Kalani is pronounced as kuh-LAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kah-LAH-nee, at 20.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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